85R7493 MAW-F
By: Dale H.B. No. 1777
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility for a security officer commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1702.163(g), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) Chapter 53 does not apply to a determination of whether
an applicant is disqualified from owning or possessing a firearm as
provided by Subsection (b)(1) and an [An] individual's eligibility
under that subsection [this section] is not affected by a
relationship or lack of relationship between the nature of a
criminal charge or conviction and the regulated occupation.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for an original or renewal security officer
commission that is submitted on or after the effective date of this
Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.